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Wallowa County Chieftain
SPORTS
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Outlaw ladies on rampage, boys suffer rampage
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The Outlaws spent the
weekend of Feb. 1-2 at
home versus Heppner and
Stanfield with decidedly
mixed results. The ladies
triumphed with their sixth-
straight win, and the boys ...
something less.
Friday, Feb. 1, saw the
ladies face Heppner, their
toughest league competi-
tion outside of Grant Union,
winning the staredown,
41-34. While Lexie Gas-
sett led the scoring with 14
points, including going 2
for 2 beyond the paint, Karli
Bedard led the way over-
all with 11 points and an
astounding 19, count-’em,
19 rebounds.
Still, stats showed a
few chinks in the Outlaws
armor: The squad shot only
30 percent from the field
and 55 percent from the free
throw line. Nevertheless,
it was a big victory for the
ladies. Coach Mike Craw-
ford said the victory helped
seal at least second place in
the league for the ladies.
Stanfield fared no better
against the ladies, falling on
their faces at the bottom of a
76-36 score. Twin dynamos
Lexie Gassett and Shelby
Moncrief each scored 19
points in the effort while
Carsyn Miller lobbed in
14 points and Karli Bedard
aced 11 points on the night.
Field goal percentage
improved with the Outlaws
slinging up 58 percent
from the field. Free throws
stumbled at 54 percent.
“No doubt it was our best
game of the year Saturday
night,” Crawford said. The
further it went, the better it
got. We rotated girls in and
never lost a beat.”
Defensively, Bedard and
Ashlyn Gray led with 11
board snags each. Gassett
and Moncrief had five and
six steals respectively.
GONE, GONE, GONE — Outlaws point guard, Shelby Moncrief, makes a mad dash down the
court with Stanfield players hot on her heels during a Feb. 2 game at Enterprise. The Outlaws
won the game 76-36 with Moncrief contributing 19 points to the effort.
Photos by Ellen Morris Bishop/Chieftain
Junior guard Devin Greer fires a jumper for three points over
two flat-footed Stanfield defenders.
ond half. It was a great
game. When we went
down earlier this season,
the game was over in the
first quarter. We went to a
different defensive scheme
as well. We knew they’d
play man-to-man that got
their big guys out of the
way and in foul trouble. We
played man-to-man ver-
sus zone. We played them
tough.”
The loss versus Stan-
field the following day saw
Greer with an outstanding
performance with 18 points
in his pocket. Unfortunately,
no one else even saw dou-
‘THE FURTHER IT WENT, THE BETTER IT GOT. WE
ROTATED GIRLS IN AND NEVER LOST A BEAT.’
Coach Mike Crawford
Crawford noted that the
ladies have a chance for the
league championship when
they play arch nemesis and
league leader Grant Union
on Friday, Feb. 8. An Out-
laws victory would force the
teams into a playoff game to
determine the league champ.
The ladies are now 9-2
in league play and 17-4
overall.
The boys didn’t win, but
fared well against league
powerhouse Heppner. The
Outlaws succumbed 59-48
in the Friday, Feb. 2 battle.
Nonetheless, three play-
ers turned in double-digit
point performances with
Devin Greer and sophomore
David Salim knocking in
11 points each while Dylan
Marr added 10 and Timmy
Wells shot nine through
the bucket. Salim’s perfor-
mance dazzled coach Larry
Wells.
“We had a player get into
foul trouble early and I put
David in and he turned in a
high quality performance,”
he said. “His defense was
very good. He showed a
lot of poise and never got
rattled.”
“We cut it down to six
at times, and it was a six or
eight point game in the sec-
ble digits. Marr chipped in
nine and Cory Aschenbren-
ner gave eight to the cause.
“We had a six-point third
quarter we could never make
it up,” Wells said. “We were
always down by eight or 10
after that. It wasn’t a lack of
teamwork, we just couldn’t
shoot and get points.”
The boys are 3-8 in
league and 9-13 overall.
They next play at Grant
Union on Feb. 8.
“Our plan is to go to
Grant Union and beat them
on their floor,” Wells said.
“Hopefully, the energy will
carry over into districts.”
Wallowa ladies continue win streak, boys hit roadblock
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
The revitalized lady
Cougs humbled the Imbler
Panthers Friday, Feb. 1, at
Imbler with a 36-23 win.
The Cougars trailed 4-6 at
the first quarter but quickly
established their dominance
afterward, building a solid
lead they never relinquished.
Shanna Rae Tillery led
the lady cats with 11 points,
closely followed by Riley
Ferre with 10. Ashlyn Young
snagged seven points while
Jamie Johnston bagged six.
The Pine Eagle Spartans
fell to the Cougar ax on the
following day at Wallowa
as the lady cats cruised to a
44-35 win.
Jamie Johnston led scor-
ing with 15 points in the
ring, followed by Shanna
Rae Tillery with nine for
good luck. Ashlyn Young
knocked in seven while
Kyla Hook nailed five.
The wins brought the
surging lady Cougs to a
very respectable 8-2 league
record and a solid third
place. Their next games are
Friday, Feb. 8 at Joseph at
6 p.m.
The boys fell hard to the
Imbler Panthers on Feb. 1,
a little worse for wear with
a 46-30 loss. The Cougars
trailed the entire game.
The
always-reliable
Christopher Nobles led
Coug scoring with 22 points,
the only player to score in
double digits. Tristin Bales
followed with four.
The tom Cougs faced-off
with the Pine Eagle Spar-
tans on the following day at
home, which didn’t prove
much of an advantage as
they left the field of battle
with a 32-41 loss.
As in the previous game,
Nobles shouldered the bur-
den of offensive work more
or less alone, scoring 24
points, again, more than the
rest of the team combined.
Bales put four in the bucket.
The losses kept the Cougs
near the league cellar with a
3-7 league record and 6-14
overall.
ABOVE Wait for it — players on both the Wallowa and Pine
Eagle squads wait for the shot to drop during Wallowa’s 44-35
victory on Feb. 2.
RIGHT Christopher Nobles of the Wallowa Cougars goes up
for two of his 24 points against Pine Eagle on Saturday, Feb.
2. Despite Nobles’ stellar performance, the Cougs lost, 41-32.
Amber Mock/Chieftain
Rotary Club of
Wallowa County
2 nd Annual
FRIEND RAISER
No host bar, dinner,
dessert, and live music
by A Shot in the Dark
Thursday Feb. 14th
Dinner starting at 6pm
Chuckwagon Sisters are making smoked
tri-tip and baked chicken with baked
potatoes and all the fi xings.
Cloverleaf Hall, Enterprise
Tickets
are $15 ,
available at
The Bookloft,
Ruby Peak Realty,
at the door or by calling
Diane at 541-398-1297